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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Rhinogobius similis
Barcheek Goby
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Other Name(s):
Ctenogobius giurinus
,
Ctenogobius hadropterus
,
Gobius giurinus
,
Rhinogobius similis
Description:
Barcheek Goby has a slightly depressed head. Body is yellowish green; its cheek and opercula bear radiating broken lines from eye. Second dorsal and anal fins have yellow bands near margin while caudal fin edge is slightly reddish. There is a series of 6 to 7 black spots on its sides.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
A widespread goby occurring in many of the freshwater streams and rive mouths in Hong Kong.
Global Distribution
China, Korea and Japan.
Photo Gallery
References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lam, K. S. (2002).
Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
Man, S.H. and Hodgkiss, I.J. (1981).
Hong Kong Freshwater Fishes.
The Urban Council, Hong Kong.
